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• Australia's Gentle wins Montreal triathlon

  05-08-2017 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  MONTREAL — Ashleigh Gentle of Australia posted her first World Triathlon Series victory, but Joanna Brown of Ottawa may have celebrated just as much for finishing fourth.
  A week after coming in seventh in Edmonton, Brown finished just behind three of the top women in her sport to post her career best result in the top level of international women’s triathlon.
  “I exceeded all my expectations,” said Brown, who had family members among the large crowd that lined the cycling
  
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• Canada's Frank Dancevic inches closer to Rogers Cup main draw

  05-08-2017 23:42 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Frank Dancevic moved one step closer to a berth in the Rogers Cup main draw, defeating Marius Copil in a Saturday qualifier at Uniprix Stadium.
  
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• Australia's Ashleigh Gentle wins Montreal triathlon, Canada's Brown fourth - Montreal Gazette

  05-08-2017 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
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  Australia's Ashleigh Gentle wins Montreal triathlon, Canada's Brown fourth
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  Australian triathlete Ashleigh Gentle poses during a portrait session on June 24, 2016 on the Gold Coast, Australia. Matt Roberts / Getty Images. Share Adjust Comment Print. MONTREAL — Ashleigh Gentle of Australia posted her first World Triathlon ...and more »
  
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• Friendship parade celebrates Montreal’s cultural diversity

  05-08-2017 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  Some 450 artists representing 37 countries took part in the seventh edition of the Friendship parade, celebrating Montreal's cultural diversity.
  
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• Paperwork delays Piette's Saturday-night debut with Montreal Impact

  05-08-2017 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  It isn’t just the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club that has difficulty getting hold of important documents to be sent from Spain. The Montreal Impact has a similar issue. 
  On the same day that supporters of Paris Saint-Germain, or PSG, learned that they’ll have to wait at least eight days to see Brazilian Neymar play, the Impact’s managers were forced to strike the name of Montrealer Samuel Piette from the lineup for Saturday evening’s game against Orlando City SC a
  
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• Man tries to kiss reporter during broadcast from Osheaga

  05-08-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Radio-Canada arts reporter Valérie-Micaela Bain shoved away an unidentified man as he tried to kiss her during a live report from the Osheaga music and arts festival Friday night.
  “No, absolutely not,” Bain said on camera as she pushed away the man with a shaved head and white T-shirt and calmly continued her report.
  Later, Bain tweeted a statement asking people to help identify the man.
  “I didn’t allow you to kiss me. On top of that, I am working and you are bothe
  
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• Driving downtown this weekend? Get ready for closures and detours - CBC.ca

  05-08-2017 19:51 via cbc.ca
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  Driving downtown this weekend? Get ready for closures and detours
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  With major outdoor events, fireworks and ongoing construction, it's going to be another tough weekend for drivers in and around Montreal. Quebec's Transport Ministry is strongly urging drivers to opt for public transit, biking or walking to avoid ...
  
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• Driving downtown this weekend? Get ready for closures and detours

  05-08-2017 19:49 via cbc.ca
  With Osheaga, fireworks and a triathlon, it's going to be another tough weekend for drivers in and around Montreal.
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder after fatal fire in Terrebonne seniors’ home

  05-08-2017 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  A 44-year-old Quebec man is facing a murder charge in connection with a fatal seniors' home fire that left a 94-year-old woman dead last month.
  
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• With hundreds of refugees at Lacolle crossing, union predicts Big O full by end of next week

  05-08-2017 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  If the flow of migrants continues at the current rate, the Olympic Stadium will be full by the end of the week, says Jean-Pierre Fortin, the president of the Customs and Immigration Union.
  The union estimates that 450 to 700 migrants are crossing the border each week. On Saturday morning, about 700 refugees were waiting at Canada Customs in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle.
  The number of beds in the Olympic stadium was increased to 1,050 Friday night.
  The situation is unprecedented and customs officia
  
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• SQ searches truck with possible connection to fatal hit and run in Brossard

  05-08-2017 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police searched a truck they say could have been involved in a fatal hit and run that killed a 21-year-old Wednesday night in Brossard. But they are still looking for the driver.
  
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• SQ search for driver after finding truck connected to fatal hit-and-run

  05-08-2017 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say they are still looking for the truck driver in connection with a fatal hit and run that killed a 21-old-year-old man Wednesday night in Brossard after they found the truck involved in the collision.
  
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• Man in hospital after armed assault in Montreal North

  05-08-2017 18:42 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are investigating an armed assault in Montreal North that sent a 27-year-old man to hospital early Saturday morning.
  
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• Thunderstorms in Montreal area cause flooding, state of emergency declared in Napierville

  05-08-2017 18:40 via globalnews.ca
  A state of emergency put in place in Napierville after severe weather caused power outages and flooding, was expected to be lifted Saturday.
  
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• Spotlight on Sicily for 2017 Italian Week across Montreal

  05-08-2017 18:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Sicily gets the spotlight for Italian Week, which runs in Montreal through Aug. 13.
  It’s the 24th edition of the event, which attracted close to half a million visitors in 2016.
  Highlights include the opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and the screening of classic Sicilian films. A fashion show by Moda Sotto le Stelle, musical performances, a cannoli contest, art exhibition and lectures are also planned. Check out the Facebook page for more info.
  Montreal has Canada’s
  
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• Dig into the past during Quebec's Archaeology Month

  05-08-2017 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  More than 75 archaeological and historical sites across Quebec are holding activities for Archeology Month, which started this week.
  That marks a record level of participation for the annual event, which started 13 years ago.
  Archaeologists, guides and other specialists will be on hand at various sites to share their knowledge with the public.
  Most activities are free. Consult the website to find what’s going on in your area.
  Archeology Month is a joint project between Archéo-Q
  
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• Napierville ends state of emergency

  05-08-2017 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Napierville has ended the state of emergency it declared after some 50 millimetres of rain fell in the South Shore town on Friday.
  “The town is still on alert and watching the sewers,” said Hughes Daveluy, interim regional director of Civil Protection for the Montérégie region in a telephone interview from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
  Firefighters from neighbouring municipalities were called to the town of 3,500 people, located 45 kilometres south of Montreal, to help pump ou
  
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• Montreal's granite stumps get thumbs up from those who notice them - CBC.ca

  05-08-2017 16:46 via cbc.ca
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  When the city first announced plans to create public art made of granite on Mount Royal, some Montrealers balked at the price tag, but the new decor seems to be appreciated — at least by those who've noticed it. The installations are part of a $3.4 ...
  
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• Montreal's granite stumps get thumbs up from those who notice them

  05-08-2017 16:43 via cbc.ca
  When the city first announced plans to spend $3.4 million on public art made of granite, some Montrealers balked at the cost, but the new decor seems to be appreciated — at least by those who've noticed it.
  
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• Kayaker missing on Lake Memphremagog has been found safe and sound

  05-08-2017 16:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A 37-year-old man from Stanstead in the Eastern Townships has been found safe and sound after he was reported missing while kayaking in Lake Memphremagog overnight Friday to Saturday, the Sûreté du Québec says.
  Local police in the Memphrémagog Regional County got a call at  2:30 a.m. that the man had disappeared while kayaking with a friend near the federal wharf on Cedarville Road in Ogden, 155 kilometres southeast of Montreal. 
  The friend called 911 after b
  
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• Osheaga 2017: Day 1 on the ground with Brendan Kelly

  05-08-2017 16:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Can a Montreal Gazette columnist best known for being cranky about the Montreal Canadiens, Arcade Fire, etc. let loose and have fun at a music festival – as a massive thunderstorm (temporarily) shuts down the festival? 
  Apparently so. Check out the first of our daily Osheaga videos from columnist Brendan Kelly and reporter videographer Christopher Curtis, this one from Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, aka Day 1 of the 12th edition of the Osheaga music and arts festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau. And
  
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• Witnesses and man who survived stabbing won't talk

  05-08-2017 15:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old man who survived a stabbing overnight in Montreal North isn’t telling police who did it.
  Witnesses who found the man bleeding from serious stomach wounds outside a bar on Fleury St. near St-Michel Blvd, called police for help Saturday around 3:45 a.m.
  The victim was still conscious when an ambulance took him to hospital and his life was not in danger, Manuel Couture, a spokesperson for Montreal Police, said Saturday.
  Couture said the stabbing victim and people who witnes
  
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• While you were sleeping: Kenyan campaign, seniors' residence fire suspect, and more

  05-08-2017 14:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Good morning. Here is some news you might have missed while you were sleeping—or out and about last night.
  A man was  charged in connection with Terrebonne seniors’ residence fire.
  A man was charged on Friday of causing a fatal fire on July 8 in a seniors’ residence in Terrebonne.
  The Oasis seniors’ residence is shown after an early morning fatal fire in Terrebonne, northeast of Montreal, on Sunday, July 9, 2017.
  Alain Landais, 44, was arrested in Terrebonn
  
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• 37-year-old missing kayaker found safe near Lake Memphremagog in Ogden

  05-08-2017 14:40 via cbc.ca
  A 37-year-old man from Stanstead has been found safe after he went missing while kayaking with a friend on Memphremagog Lake in Ogden, near the U.S. border.
  
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• 37-year-old kayaker goes missing on Lake Memphremagog in Ogden

  05-08-2017 14:40 via cbc.ca
  A 37-year-old man from Stanstead is missing after he was kayaking with a friend on Memphremagog Lake in Ogden, near the U.S. border.
  
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• The week in review: Asylum seekers at the Olympic Stadium and more

  05-08-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  ‘We’re close to the limit’: Big O becomes a shelter as refugees flow from U.S.
  The situation started in May when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to remove the temporary protected status granted to nearly 60,000 Haitians in the aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.
  Since then, Haitian’s have been fleeing the United States to seek asylum in Canada. Many are arriving by crossing the border into Quebec. 
  The first busload of asylum seekers arrived at the Oly
  
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• Shelter: Modest Centre-Sud pad features handcrafted wood furniture and lights

  05-08-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Nadine Hajjar grew up in Beirut, where she studied architecture at university. After working in her field for a while, she realized her true interest lay in the shape, texture and function of an object, rather than buildings.
  She travelled to Milan, Italy’s centre of fashion, where, at Domus Academy, she earned a master’s degree in furniture and industrial design.
  Following her stint in Italy, Hajjar worked for three years as the head designer for a furniture company in Beirut. Befor
  
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• Restoring 1835 home a lifelong commitment for St-Eustache handyman

  05-08-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “You have to be passionate, foolhardy and a bit crazy,” Jacques Théorêt declares.
  He’s talking about restoring an old house, and he should know: he has been at it for the last 15 years.
  The result is remarkable, especially considering when he bought this house in 2001, the beautiful fieldstone walls were hidden behind thick coats of plaster, inside and out. The original wood floors were covered with carpeting, and the windows were made of PVC.
  Numerous attempts by
  
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• 'It brings people together': Montreal North basketball tournament scores big with youth

  05-08-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Daybreak's Shari Okeke checks out the 25th annual Montreal North street basketball tournament where players say the event is about more than the game — it's about family and friends.
  
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• 44-year-old man charged in deadly fire at Terrebonne seniors' residence

  05-08-2017 12:26 via cbc.ca
  94-year-old Marcelle Magnan died after suffering burns when the roof collapsed on her while she was being escorted from the building.
  
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• From the archives: Fire insurance: A part of history

  05-08-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Aug. 9, 2014, in the Montreal Gazette.
  It was Aug. 6, 1808, a big day for Alexander Auldjo. He had no intention of missing his rendezvous. Auldjo was a well-placed merchant in Montreal, as well as the Canadian agent for the venerable Phoenix Assurance Co. of London. And on that August day, the secretary of the company, Jenkin Jones, would be stepping off the ferry from La Prairie, the final leg of his journey overland from New York. Jones’s mission was to
  
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• Misleading social media messages entice Haitian asylum seekers to come to Canada

  05-08-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Through Facebook groups and other social media, thousands of Haitians living in the U.S. and elsewhere are getting misleading information, telling them Canada will give them a permanent safe haven.
  
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• Osheaga 2017: Reviews from Day 1 — Lorde, Justice, MGMT and more

  05-08-2017 10:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette music contributors weigh in on some of the Osheaga performances from Friday, Aug. 4, the first day of the festival’s 12th edition.
  Lorde (9:45 p.m., River Stage) In 20-plus years of covering shows, I have never seen an artist take the stage holding up an umbrella. If there was any doubt Lorde is one of a kind, she quashed it in the first moments of her headlining set Friday. It had been a wild, wet first day of Osheaga’s 12th edition.
  It was getting cold, a
  
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• Montreal in 19 neighbourhoods: Notre-Dame St. West

  05-08-2017 06:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This series of maps explores different neighbourhoods in Montreal’s 19 boroughs. We’ll be featuring one map per week until September 9.For information on La Grande Tournée, visit 375mtl.com.
  This map was created by Content Works, Postmedia’s commercial content division, on behalf of Alive 375.
  
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• Montreal non-profits gearing up to help Haitian asylum seekers

  05-08-2017 05:05 via globalnews.ca
  Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging would-be migrants to respect Canada's border with the U.S.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on August 4

  05-08-2017 04:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Arthur Porter has been declared dead by a Quebec judge
  This ruling brings to an end attempts to obtain proof of death documentation from Panama for the former head of the McGill University Health Centre, who died in Panama on June 30, 2015. The radiation oncologist was accused of taking $22.5 million in bribes for the $1.3-billion MUHC superhospital construction contract. The declaration of death does not, however, eliminate
  
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• Man charged in connection with Terrebonne seniors' residence fire

  05-08-2017 03:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A man was charged on Friday of causing a fatal fire on July 8 in a seniors’ residence in Terrebonne.
  Alain Landais, 44, was arrested in Terrebonne on Thursday, according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  He appeared at the St-Jérôme courthouse Friday, where he was charged with unpremeditated murder and arson.
  Police are now trying to find out whether the man could be involved “in other cases of arson in the area in recent months.”
  Landais will remain det
  
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• Four stars missing from men's Rogers Cup, but Federer and Nadal are all they need

  05-08-2017 03:14 via cbc.ca
  Roger Federer, who turns 36 on Tuesday, looked to be on the downside of his career but bounced back with wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal has battled injuries in recent years but came back to claim a 10th French Open title in June.
  
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• Osheaga 2017 festivities kick off in Ile Notre-Dame

  05-08-2017 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  Scores of music fans flocked to Ile Notre-Dame Friday, as the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival kicked off its 12th edition at its new, temporary location.
  
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• Video: Canadian pro Vasek Pospisil is using tennis to help students

  05-08-2017 02:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Ahead of the Rogers Cup, Canadian tennis player Vasek Pospisil destroyed Montreal Gazette reporter Christopher Curtis in an ostensibly friendly tennis match. 
  He then talked about a charitable undertaking he supports, which collects used tennis balls and puts them on the legs of chairs in classrooms. 
  “I know how hard it is in school to concentrate,” Pospisil said, adding, “I feel like it was kind of like a no-brainer, great initiative to be a part of.”
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• Secret court order that let telcos search a Montrealer's home a growing trend

  05-08-2017 02:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Intended to prevent the destruction of evidence in lawsuits, Anton Piller orders have been called a “nuclear weapon” of civil law.
  But as their use increases in Canada, concerns are being raised that these court orders — which are issued in secret — are being used as private search warrants.
  Montrealer Adam Lackman didn’t know he was being sued by some of Canada’s largest telecom companies until a group of men showed up at his front door on June 12 a
  
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• Canada can process Quebec asylum seekers: Trudeau

  05-08-2017 02:05 via montrealgazette.com
  MAXVILLE, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, long an outspoken champion of Canada’s reputation for welcoming newcomers, added a bracing dose of reality Friday as he urged would-be migrants to respect the country’s border with the United States.
  Trudeau took pains to reassure Canadians that the country has the resources and the capacity to deal with the sudden spike in asylum seekers that have crossed into Quebec in recent weeks.
  But in a departure from his usual rhetoric on
  
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• Air Transat files response in stranded Ottawa airplane saga

  05-08-2017 01:52 via cbc.ca
  Air Transat has replied to allegations that it breached its responsibilities by preventing passengers from getting off two planes stuck on the Ottawa airport's runway for hours — but for now, the nature of that response remains a secret.
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Aug 4

  05-08-2017 00:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, August 4, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• EMSB to provide a vacant school for incoming refugees

  05-08-2017 00:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The English Montreal School Board is offering up an empty school to be used as housing for the influx of refugees coming to the island.
  The former St-Raphael School on Henri-Julien Ave. and Crémazie Blvd. will be donated for “a period of up to one year,” according to the EMSB.
  In a statement, the EMSB said it responded to an urgent request from the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montr&ea
  
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